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Thank you, Christophe. Your expertise is amazing

Hi Christophe,

We are working on a source-faithful DM1 PC/V1 implementation and are
using the ReDMCSB source as the primary reference. There are two areas
where we would appreciate your advice.

1. Title animation timing / event schedule

From ReDMCSB we currently understand the PC/F20 title path ...

That makes sense.

I agree that CSB benefits a lot more from in-game map support than
DM1, especially with the more maze-heavy layouts and hidden passages.
So when I get to CSB, I should treat keeping that functionality as a
real product requirement, not as an optional extra.

Daniel

Merci, Christophe. You are awesome!

I have opened a new topic for Firestaff at viewtopic.php?t=31742

Hello everyone,

I've been quietly working on an open-source engine port of Dungeon
Master and Chaos Strikes Back, and the first milestone is now public.
The project is called **Firestaff**.

What it is
A deterministic, modular re-implementation of the FTL Games engine,
written in portable C. The ...

Hi Christophe,

Your ReDMCSB project is extraordinary. The care you've put into
reverse engineering 36 versions of Dungeon Master and Chaos Strikes
Back, and the depth of your BUGX_YY / CHANGEX_YY documentation,
represents decades of work that would otherwise be lost. Thank you.

I'm working on an ...

Thanks, and thank you for replying.

By “ReDMCSB compatibility work”, I mean that I am analysing and reproducing original `GRAPHICS.DAT` behaviour in a compatibility/reimplementation context, using the original assets and trying to distinguish content-driven effects from engine-driven ones.

What ...

I’m looking for any historical/reverse-engineering notes about **DM PC v3.4 `GRAPHICS.DAT` item 0312**.

In both DMExtract and Greatstone’s PC graphics DB it maps to **Wall Ornate 26 (Front) = Gold Lock**. In our ReDMCSB compatibility work, `0312` behaves unusually together with `0308` (Topaz Lock ...